Quarter bound. The red spine strip has a triangular chip missing from the head and a smaller one from the tail, which is also split on either side; the green boards are lightly rubbed and suffer from minor staining; the front hinge is lightly cracked as is the hinge of the dedication page. The binding remains solid. A clean and unmarlked copy. vi, 266 pages, indexed. The full title page reads: "Australian sheep husbandry A handbook of the breeding and treatment of sheep, and station management with concise instructions for tank and well-sinking, fencing, dam-making, &c"